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Rwandan Opposition Figure Arrested

From AFP published on 2/8/2010

Joseph Ntawangundi returned home because he is the aide to the president of the Unified Democratic Party, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, and she is planning to run for the presidential election in August. He was arrested over the weekend after the authorities were aware of his return, and will be serving the 19 years in prison that was sentenced to him in 2007 because of his Genocidal crimes. The FDU is trying to claim that Ntawangundi was not in the country during the genocide in 1994 and that he was training in Sweden. Ingabire says, "There is no way he could have been in the place he is supposed to have committed this alleged crime." Natawanguni and Ingabire were both mobbed at a government building that they were going to obtain documents.

__My Reaction__

My reaction to this article is that I think Ntawangundi is guilty of his crimes, and I read in the article that this political party he was part of was involved in the Genocide. The Genocide is a very serious matter and a red flag appears when you hear that he left the country when he was served his prison sentence. I think that the president of this political party is trying to cover up the crimes they were involved in.

__Classmates Reaction__

I think that they need to figure out if Ntawangundi is guilty or not. If he was indeed part of the genocide then,yes,I feel he should be punished, but if he wasn't then he is an innocent man who doesn't deserve prison. Genocide is something that people need to be very careful with. It is a very serious crime to be accused of and they need to make certain that he really was part of it before they send him to prision. Lindsey K. **